Woodcut head-pieces, initials

Errata: p. [1], 3rd paging group

Error in paging: p. xxxiii misnumbered xxxii; p. 275-288 misnumbered 175-188

Publisher's advertisements on leaf X8, [2] p. following p. 318

At foot of p. 319: [To follow page 318]

Signatures: [A]² a-b⁸ c² B-E⁸ F⁸ (F2 + chi1) G-X⁸ Y⁴ Z²

Includes index

Rhees, W.J. Smithson and his bequest

extracted picklist

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SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB has both copies with ms. corrections to page numbers for continuous pagination

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088012532834) without leaf X8, the publisher's advertisements

SCNHRB c. 1 has inscribed in ink on front paste-down: Smithsonian Bequest 1133

SCNHRB c. 1 has occasional pencilled ms. markings and annotations in margins

SCNHRB c. 1 from the James Smithson Collection

SCNHRB c. 1 bound in sprinkled calf; 5 raised bands on spine, title in gilt within red leather spine label; gilt rolled edges on boards

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book Program, Adopted by Peter Bedini in memory of Silvio A. Bedini

SCNHRB c. 2 (939088012532875) has armorial bookplate with motto: a home, a home, a home, true to the end

SCNHRB c. 2 has label: The Hirsel Library

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Mrs. Grace Caley

SCNHRB c. 2 half bound in recent tan goatskin and blue paste-paper boards, original red leather spine label with title in gilt

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